Smith & Vinson Law Firm

What Smith & Vinson Law Firm does

Smith & Vinson, Attorneys at Law, PLLC (operating as Smith & Vinson Law Firm) is a privately held, Austin-based law firm serving individual clients in Central Texas across criminal defense and personal injury matters. The practice was founded by Jarrod L. Smith (a former Assistant District Attorney) and Brad Vinson, and traces its active web presence back to 2017. The firm maintains three physical offices spanning Austin, Georgetown, and San Marcos, and as of July 2026 has expanded into full-service personal injury representation. Core deliverables include criminal defense representation (misdemeanor and felony), juvenile expunctions and record-clearing, and personal injury claims across motor-vehicle and other tort matters. Positioned with 24/7 availability and a former-prosecutor narrative, the firm competes for case acquisition through reputation, geographic accessibility, and partner-led courtroom experience rather than technology or scale.

The underlying business is a traditional legal services practice with no proprietary technology platform, no software product, and no data or AI assets disclosed in the input. Service delivery relies on partner- and associate-led manual case work, courtroom advocacy, and direct client intake. The business model combines flat-fee and hourly billing for criminal defense matters with contingency-fee arrangements for personal injury cases — the latter now comprising a larger share of practice mix following the July 2026 PI expansion. Customer acquisition is driven by word-of-mouth, local search presence, geographic accessibility across three Central Texas counties, and the reputational signal of former-prosecutor experience. Documented case results aggregating over $4.82M in recovered amounts function as intangible marketing assets supporting lead conversion. Revenue mechanics are typical for a small plaintiff-side and defense practice: per-matter flat fees on criminal work, with upside skewed by occasional large contingency recoveries in PI; no recurring SaaS, subscription, or platform revenue is involved.

Name

Smith & Vinson Law Firm

Legal name

Smith & Vinson Law Firm

Website

https://smithandvinson.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Smith & Vinson Law Firm is an Austin-based, three-office (Austin, Georgetown, San Marcos) Texas criminal defense and personal injury practice serving individual clients across Central Texas, founded by former-prosecutor attorneys and now offering full-service PI representation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Criminal Defense and Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Criminal Defense (BPAHAAAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Criminal defense representation
• Personal injury law
• Civil rights litigation
• DWI defense services
• Trial attorney services

Headquarters

HQ city

Austin

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Criminal Defense: Hourly fee or flat-rate legal representation for criminal defense matters including DWI, assault, drug crimes, sex crimes, violent crimes, theft, domestic violence, and more.
2. Legal Services - Personal Injury: Contingency-fee based personal injury representation for car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle crashes, premises liability, wrongful death, and civil rights matters. Firm takes percentage of recovery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Smith & Vinson Law Firm is a trial-focused law firm providing criminal defense, personal injury, and civil rights legal representation to individuals across Central Texas. The firm handles misdemeanors and felonies (including DWI, drug crimes, sex crimes, violent crimes, domestic violence, assault, juvenile crimes, and weapons charges) on an hourly or flat-rate basis, and personal injury matters (car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, premises liability, dog bites, and catastrophic injuries) on a contingency-fee basis.

Product overview

Smith & Vinson Law Firm is a trial-focused law firm offering legal services as a unified practice rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The firm provides two primary service lines: Criminal Defense (including DWI/DUI, drug crimes, sex crimes, violent crimes, domestic violence, assault, juvenile crimes, weapons charges, and expunctions/record sealing) and Personal Injury (including car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, premises liability, and civil rights). The firm operates three office locations in Austin, Georgetown, and San Marcos serving Travis, Williamson, Hays, and surrounding Central Texas counties.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Criminal Defense Comprehensive defense representation for individuals charged with misdemeanors, felonies, drug crimes, sex crimes, violent crimes, domestic violence, DUI/DWI, juvenile crimes, theft, and weapons charges across Central Texas.
• DWI/DUI Defense Defense representation for driving while intoxicated charges, including first offense, felony DWI, multiple DWI, underage DWI, aggravated DWI, intoxication assault, intoxication manslaughter, and ALR hearings.
• Personal Injury Contingency-fee representation for accident victims covering car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus accidents, wrongful death, work injuries, dog bites, and premises liability.
• Civil Rights Litigation Representation in civil rights matters, including police brutality cases and cases against government entities.
• Assault Defense Defense representation for assault charges ranging from simple assault to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
• Sex Crimes Defense Defense representation for sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, indecent exposure, child molestation, and related charges.
• Drug Crimes Defense Representation for drug possession, distribution, manufacturing, trafficking, and prescription fraud charges.
• Expunctions and Record Sealing Legal services to clear or seal criminal records from arrest or dismissal, including Order of Expunction and Order of Non-Disclosure.

Quantifiable outcome

• $2.5M civil rights and personal injury verdict for family after Williamson County Live PD raid
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Law Office of David L. Siniard: Austin-based criminal defense solo practice serving Travis and surrounding Central Texas counties. Directly comparable to Smith & Vinson on geography, criminal defense focus, and small-firm sales-led client acquisition model.
• Kevin G. Turner, Attorney at Law: Austin-based criminal defense trial lawyer serving Travis County and Central Texas. Same small-firm sales-led motion, similar court-focused positioning, and overlapping DWI/assault/sex-crime practice areas.
• The Simon Law Group: Austin criminal defense firm covering DWI, drug crimes, assault, and similar Central Texas counties. Directly comparable on practice mix, headcount scale, and local courtroom presence.
• Bosch Hemphill Law Firm: Austin criminal defense and DWI firm with similar multi-attorney scale and Central Texas county coverage. Comparable GTM (free consultations, content marketing, court-focused defense) and overlapping criminal practice mix.

Regional players

• Law Office of Patrick J. McLain: Texas-based criminal defense firm with similar trial-focused positioning and former-prosecutor talent narrative. Comparable on practice mix and courtroom model; broader Texas geographic footprint than Smith & Vinson.
• Maus Law Firm: Texas criminal defense firm with offices across multiple Texas metros. Comparable on criminal defense focus, content marketing engine, and small-firm trial positioning, though operating at slightly larger geographic and headcount scale.

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. personal injury marketing machine with national TV/digital ad spend and broad PI practice. Comparable on the PI contingency-fee model Smith & Vinson is expanding into, but with vastly greater scale and acquisition budget.
• Jim Adler & Associates: Established Texas personal injury firm with strong mass-market advertising presence across the state. Comparable on the new PI expansion direction Smith & Vinson is pursuing, with materially larger scale and brand-spending budget.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SmithVinson
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smith-vinson-law-firm

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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